Ava Gardner
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Ava Lavinia Gardner was an American actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics'
Gardner in 1954
Gardner in a publicity photo for The Killers (1946)
Gardner in a 1950s publicity photo
Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner publicity photo for the film On the Beach, 1959
Artie Shaw
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Artie Shaw was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and author of both fiction and non-fiction.
Ava Gardner
…image as the clean-cut, judge's son Andy Hardy that the public adored. Gardner's second marriage was equally brief, to jazz musician and bandleader Artie Shaw, from 1945 to 1946. Shaw previously had been married to Lana Turner. Gardner's third was to singer and actor Frank Sinatra from 1951 to 1957. She later…
Shaw, c. 1947
Artie Shaw performs his "Concerto for Clarinet" in 1940.
Artie Shaw and The Rangers, 1943
Shaw in Second Chorus (1940)